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The novel cure : from abandoment to zestlessness : 751 Books to Cure What Ails You / Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2014Description: 420 pages : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143125938 (paperbacks)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.3
LOC classification:
  • PN 3352 B542n 2014
Contents:
Introduction-- Ailments a to z-- Acknowledgents-- Ten-best list index-- Author index-- Novel title index.
Summary: The authors frame this book as a "literary apothecary." The book contains an alphabetical listing of emotional, mental, and physical ailments such as shyness, a broken heart, paranoia, anxiety, baldness, a broken leg, and even caring for someone with cancer. Each ailment and hardship is followed by at least one suggestion for a novel that, according to the authors, serves as "literary medicine.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 3352 B542n 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000178229

Includes index.

Introduction--
Ailments a to z--
Acknowledgents--
Ten-best list index--
Author index--
Novel title index.

The authors frame this book as a "literary apothecary." The book contains an alphabetical listing of emotional, mental, and physical ailments such as shyness, a broken heart, paranoia, anxiety, baldness, a broken leg, and even caring for someone with cancer. Each ailment and hardship is followed by at least one suggestion for a novel that, according to the authors, serves as "literary medicine.

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